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Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China
(Reviewed and approved by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on December 23, 2003, promulgated by the CPC Central Committee on December 31, 2003, revised for the third time at the Political Bureau meeting of the CPC Central Committee on December 8, 2023, and promulgated by the CPC Central Committee on December 19, 2023)
Part I General Provisions
Chapter I: General Requirements and Scope of Application
Article 1: These Regulations are formulated on the basis of the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China", so as to preserve the Party Constitution and other internal Party regulations, to strictly enforce Party discipline, to purify the Party's organization, to safeguard the democratic rights of Party members, to educate Party members to abide by discipline and law, to preserve the unity and unity of the Party, and to ensure the implementation of the Party's theories, lines, principles, policies, resolutions, and state laws and regulations.
Article 2: The establishment of Party discipline must persist in being guided by Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of the "Three Represents", the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, resolutely preserve General Secretary Xi Jinping's position as the core of the Party Central Committee and the entire Party, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, carry forward the great spirit of Party building, persist in self-revolution, and implement the strategic policy of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. Implement the general requirements of party building in the new era, promote the solution of problems unique to big parties, improve the system of comprehensive and strict governance of the party, comprehensively strengthen the party's discipline construction, and provide a strong disciplinary guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
Article 3: The Party Constitution is the most fundamental internal Party regulation and is the general rule governing the Party. Party discipline is the code of conduct that must be observed by Party organizations at all levels and by all Party members. Party organizations and Party members must adhere to their original mission, firmly establish political awareness, overall situation awareness, core awareness, and alignment awareness, always strengthen road confidence, theoretical confidence, system confidence, and cultural confidence, and earnestly practice the correct view of power, political performance, and career, consciously abide by and maintain the Party Constitution, strictly implement and maintain Party discipline, consciously accept Party discipline, and abide by national laws and regulations in an exemplary manner.
Article 4: The Party's disciplinary punishment work follows the following principles:
(1) Insist that the Party should manage the Party and govern the Party strictly in an all-round way. We should persist in the strict tone, measures, and atmosphere for a long time, strengthen the education, management, and supervision of the party's organizations at all levels and all party members, put discipline in the forefront, grasp small problems as early as possible, and prevent them from getting worse.
(2) All are equal before Party discipline. Party organizations and Party members who violate Party discipline must strictly and fairly enforce discipline, and no Party organization or Party member who is not subject to discipline is allowed within the Party.
(3) Seek truth from facts. Violations of Party discipline by Party organizations and Party members shall be based on the facts, with the Party Constitution, other internal Party regulations, and state laws and regulations as the measure, and discipline and law enforcement shall be carried out throughout, the nature of the conduct shall be accurately determined, and different circumstances shall be distinguished, and appropriately handled.
(4) Democratic centralism. The implementation of Party discipline sanctions shall be decided upon through collective discussion by the Party organization in accordance with the prescribed procedures, and no individual or minority person is allowed to make or approve it without authorization. Lower-level Party organizations must implement decisions made by higher-level Party organizations on the handling of Party organizations and Party members who violate Party discipline.
(5) Punish the former and the latter, and treat the sick and save people. The handling of Party organizations and Party members who violate Party discipline shall be combined with punishment and education, so that leniency and severity are blended.
Article 5: Deepen the use of the "four forms" of supervision and discipline, regularly carry out criticism and self-criticism, and promptly carry out conversation reminders, criticism and education, order inspections, and admonishments, so that "blushing and sweating" become the norm; Light party discipline punishment and organizational adjustment have become the majority of disciplinary violations; Those with heavy party discipline and major job adjustments have become a minority; Those who have seriously violated discipline and are suspected of committing crimes have become a very small minority.
Article 6: These Regulations apply to Party organizations and Party members who violate Party discipline and shall be pursued for Party discipline responsibility.
Editor: Zeng Tao and Sun Liang
Editor: Luo Yuwei Wang Lianbin Issue: No. 2120
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